Dr. Gretchen Dobson is the leading global alumni relations consultant who develops international advancement programs for educational institutions and non-profit organizations around the world. Her specialty services include strategic planning, campaign management, volunteer management and special event facilitation for clients with particular needs outside their home country. Dobson also provides professional coaching for international alumni relations, development and academic officers new to global engagement practices.

Dr. Dobson is the author of Being Global: Making the Case for International Alumni Relations (CASE Books, 2011). She was recognized by the Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the leading “Innovators in Internationalization” for her work at Tufts University. Dobson received her B.A. and M.A. from Boston College, and her Ed.D. in Higher Education Management from the University of Pennsylvania.